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The Dreams Come True - Storytelling with timelapse

2012-02-03 10:16
planetMitch note: this is a new post by one of our new guest bloggers - Patryk Kizny (from LookyCreative and DitoGear (a planet5D sponsor)). Welcome Patryk! The Dreams Come True The Dreams Come True is a short film commissioned by the the office of Las Palmas 2016 to promote the city of Las Palmas the Gran Canaria as a candidate for The European Capital of Culture 2016. A renowned Spanish director and producer of the film, DamiГ n Perea, teamed up with a Polish director of photography, Patryk Kizny, (known for pioneering motion-controlled timelapse cinematography for the las few years) to take the audience into a journey filled with magic and poetry, where oniric visuals blend together with an intriguing narrative. The original script of DamiГ n Perea and Nazareth Lezcano is materialized through a breathtaking visuals, mostly shot in motion-controlled timelapse cinematography sometimes flavored with a pinch of HDR imaging to enhance the oneiric character of the script. As the film goes, the audio-visual feast is perfectly orchestrated with David Campodarveв s music score, refined with a precise design from Ricardo Manrique and finally smoothly delivered thanks to elegant editing style of Alberto Navarro. During the production process over one hundred thousands (100 000) of still images were taken using HDSLR still cameras and with help of specialized motion control equipment for timelapse cinematography (mainly DitoGearв OmniSliders) to produce the final 7 minute long image showing the city of Las Palmas in a frame of hope and dream of its citizens to become a European Capital of Culture 2016. Can t see the video in your RSS reader or email Click Here! Bios: DamiГ n Perea Lezcano (director, producer) Member of the European Film Academy (EFA). His professional portfolio includes the work as the director and producer of the International Festival of Animated Films, Visual Effects and Video-games - Animayo (a renowned festival with over 4000 attendees annually), a photographer, having his Travel Journal photographs exhibited 4 times, and finally as a director and producer of multiple commercials besides of his personal productions. DamiГ n Perea he has been nominated for the Goya Award in 1999 for his short film PodrГ a ser Peor ( It could be worse ). He has also worked as an animation director of the biggest advertising campaign of Spain ever made, the Euro Campaign, Los GarcГ a , commissioned by the Treasury Department of the Spanish Government and director/producer of such short films as Locos por el Cine (the only spanish short-film selected at the Sicaf, Korea). DamiГ nв s strong focus on a formal side of filmmaking is visible not only at festivals, but also during his lectures at universities, such as carl like CalArts (Los Angeles) or the Pratt Institute (New York). The latest work of DamiГ n Perea explores the new filmmaking concepts and narrative techniques within the two-year campaign for the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria European Capital...
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